Transient occult hepatitis B virus infection in a blood donor with high viremia
β Scribed by Corinna M. Bremer; Mona Saniewski; Ulrike C. Wend; Pilar Torres; Nico Lelie; Wolfram H. Gerlich; Dieter Glebe
- Book ID
- 109144545
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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